Veritable Definition & Meaning

veritable
adjective
  1. often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"
  2. not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"

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